[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR27.75]



[Page 351]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation

 

PART 27_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN PROGRAMS OR 

ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart B_Accessibility Requirements in Specific Operating 

       Administration Programs: Airports, Railroads, and Highways

 

Sec. 27.75  Federal Highway Administration--highways.



    (a) New facilities--(1) Highway rest area facilities. All such 

facilities that will be constructed with Federal financial assistance 

shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the accessibility 

standards referenced in Sec. 27.3(b) of this part.

    (2) Curb cuts. All pedestrian crosswalks constructed with Federal 

financial assistance shall have curb cuts or ramps to accommodate 

persons in wheelchairs, pursuant to section 228 of the Federal-Aid 

Highway Act of 1973 (23 U.S.C. 402(b)(1)(F)).

    (3) Pedestrian over-passes, under-passes and ramps. Pedestrian over-

passes, under-passes and ramps, constructed with Federal financial 

assistance, shall be accessible to handicapped persons, including having 

gradients no steeper than 10 percent, unless:

    (i) Alternate safe means are provided to enable mobility-limited 

persons to cross the roadway at that location; or

    (ii) It would be infeasible for mobility-limited persons to reach 

the over-passes, under-passes or ramps because of unusual topographical 

or architectural obstacles unrelated to the federally assisted facility.

    (b) Existing facilities--Rest area facilities. Rest area facilities 

on Interstate highways shall be made accessible to handicapped persons, 

including wheelchair users, within a three-year period after the 

effective date of this part. Other rest area facilities shall be made 

accessible when Federal financial assistance is used to improve the rest 

area, or when the roadway adjacent to or in the near vicinity of the 

rest area is constructed, reconstructed or otherwise altered with 

Federal financial assistance.



[44 FR 31468, May 31, 1979, as amended by Amdt. 27-3, 51 FR 19017, May 

23, 1986. Redesignated at 56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991]